Today was a relatively easy day! I don't know if the habits are settling in, or WHAT, but I just got up (not on time, too tired), ate my breakfast (8:30am), went to work, ate meal #2 (11:30am), went home, ate meal #3 (2pm), took a nap (oops, but I'm getting the idea...work with what life throws at you) then went back to work and ate meal #4 (5:45pm too late in the day to have meal #5).
It's really amazing how I don't feel like I have anything to write about. It wasn't a struggle. But I guess that's the thing to write about. I must have broken through some kind of barrier. Now, granted, I'm not doing the program PERFECTLY. I wish I was, I wonder what kind of difference in results I would be seeing. But I am doing my very best, every single day.
I feel like I got over some major hump the last two weeks. I was not going to CHOOSE to go completely off my plan. It's not like I would have gone to McDonald's, but the thought DID cross my mind. I did choose to eat two Luna bars when there were perfectly viable alternatives at my fingertips (tuna, for example). I guess that's when I realized I was thinking about the plan in terms of the "scarcity brain" concept that I learned about through Martha Beck's book, The Four Day Win. Once I stopped doing that and really started accepting this new way of eating, for the 30th day in a row or so...my brain gave up the fight.
I'm hoping what will happen next is what I predicted: That eating this way will become just as second nature as eating the way I used to.
I could definitely have my breakfast every day for quite some time. And I should probably broaden my food choices a little bit. I have eat the same thing pretty consistently for these past 5 weeks.
I guess one thing that wasn't great about today was that I didn't work out. But it may have been more important to get the sleep I needed.
That's ok, because I will definitely work out tomorrow. I'm thinking bear runs in the morning. Really need to find a way to fit in some strength-training, because I haven't done that in a while. No plan as of yet, though.
In related news...
I'm excited for my cheat day...but as it gets closer and closer...it's like I care less and less. I don't know what to make of it. Tonight, I was able to think about what I might indulge in on that day while I was eating my dinner, and it didn't bother me at all. I don't recommend doing that, though. I'm finding that I really need to taste and appreciate the food that I'm currently eating, not dreaming about something else. It really creates a feeling of dissatisfaction.
Anyway, so I know that it will all come down to what I feel like on the July 15th (my day that I get to cheat), but I can't help wondering what my top choices would be. I feel like if you're only going to eat a high carb, high fat meal once a week (or on July 15th, it'll be TWICE! With dessert once-I think. :)), you want to make sure it's your top choice. But...that doesn't really mean much. My top choice might change a thousand times between now and the 15th. So far, I'm thinking, pancakes/waffle and eggs and bacon and coffee at the Waffle Shop, maybe Five Guys (they seem to be my go-to bad food), and just today I thought about wings and french fries. I just don't know what my choices would be for dessert. I just can't think of anything. I mean, I would love Kiwi, but...what if I cheat myself out of my cheat meal??? I thought of cheesecake and ice cream...but I'm wondering...is EVERY dessert a dairy thing?
In keeping with the spirit of re-learning how to eat, I will avoid McDonalds, Taco Bell, Burger King etc. If I want a burger, I can get Five Guys, which doesn't inject (that I know of) their meat with high fructose corn syrup. I don't WANT the HFCS, I want the burger (and the ketchup...which has HFCS, oops). If I want tacos, I can make my own. I don't want to eat "edible foodlike substances". Watch--now that I said that, all I'll want is one of those awful restaurants on my cheat day.
Well, I suppose I will just let it unfold as it may! I'm happy to let the day bring me what it brings me!
For now, I'm gonna keep rocking this plan.
It's really amazing how I don't feel like I have anything to write about. It wasn't a struggle. But I guess that's the thing to write about. I must have broken through some kind of barrier. Now, granted, I'm not doing the program PERFECTLY. I wish I was, I wonder what kind of difference in results I would be seeing. But I am doing my very best, every single day.
I feel like I got over some major hump the last two weeks. I was not going to CHOOSE to go completely off my plan. It's not like I would have gone to McDonald's, but the thought DID cross my mind. I did choose to eat two Luna bars when there were perfectly viable alternatives at my fingertips (tuna, for example). I guess that's when I realized I was thinking about the plan in terms of the "scarcity brain" concept that I learned about through Martha Beck's book, The Four Day Win. Once I stopped doing that and really started accepting this new way of eating, for the 30th day in a row or so...my brain gave up the fight.
I'm hoping what will happen next is what I predicted: That eating this way will become just as second nature as eating the way I used to.
I could definitely have my breakfast every day for quite some time. And I should probably broaden my food choices a little bit. I have eat the same thing pretty consistently for these past 5 weeks.
I guess one thing that wasn't great about today was that I didn't work out. But it may have been more important to get the sleep I needed.
That's ok, because I will definitely work out tomorrow. I'm thinking bear runs in the morning. Really need to find a way to fit in some strength-training, because I haven't done that in a while. No plan as of yet, though.
In related news...
I'm excited for my cheat day...but as it gets closer and closer...it's like I care less and less. I don't know what to make of it. Tonight, I was able to think about what I might indulge in on that day while I was eating my dinner, and it didn't bother me at all. I don't recommend doing that, though. I'm finding that I really need to taste and appreciate the food that I'm currently eating, not dreaming about something else. It really creates a feeling of dissatisfaction.
Anyway, so I know that it will all come down to what I feel like on the July 15th (my day that I get to cheat), but I can't help wondering what my top choices would be. I feel like if you're only going to eat a high carb, high fat meal once a week (or on July 15th, it'll be TWICE! With dessert once-I think. :)), you want to make sure it's your top choice. But...that doesn't really mean much. My top choice might change a thousand times between now and the 15th. So far, I'm thinking, pancakes/waffle and eggs and bacon and coffee at the Waffle Shop, maybe Five Guys (they seem to be my go-to bad food), and just today I thought about wings and french fries. I just don't know what my choices would be for dessert. I just can't think of anything. I mean, I would love Kiwi, but...what if I cheat myself out of my cheat meal??? I thought of cheesecake and ice cream...but I'm wondering...is EVERY dessert a dairy thing?
In keeping with the spirit of re-learning how to eat, I will avoid McDonalds, Taco Bell, Burger King etc. If I want a burger, I can get Five Guys, which doesn't inject (that I know of) their meat with high fructose corn syrup. I don't WANT the HFCS, I want the burger (and the ketchup...which has HFCS, oops). If I want tacos, I can make my own. I don't want to eat "edible foodlike substances". Watch--now that I said that, all I'll want is one of those awful restaurants on my cheat day.
Well, I suppose I will just let it unfold as it may! I'm happy to let the day bring me what it brings me!
For now, I'm gonna keep rocking this plan.
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